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american Literature: 
Today's class is simple. It's about the power of a good book. If you love to read, and even if you don't, it's likely at some point in your life that an author or character in a book influenced you. 

Maybe Frodo and Sam reminded you how much you love your best friend. 

Perhaps Atticus inspired you to stand up for something that you believe in, even if it wasn't popular. 

Perhaps Bridget Jones made you laugh and give yourself a little grace. 

Did Katniss remind you what it is you believe about entertainment? 

I bet Ichabod Crane sent chills up your spine! 

And Mr. Darcy.... how many men now have to live up to his standard?! ;) 

Today's challenge is to reference a character, book, or author on a layout. You don't have to even make the layout about that book necessarily (although you can), but you need to reference it in some way. 

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Chemistry Homework: Alright students - grab your "chemicals" (mists) and let’s get creating!! 

You would need the following items for Chemistry class:

* cardstock
* mists
* various chipboard shapes or die-cut shapes (i.e. stars, butterflies, circles, flourishes, hearts, etc.)

Are we ready??? Let's start "experimenting"!!!

In today's class I want you to use mists and various chipboard shapes or die-cuts to create your own patterned paper background. Yes, of course there are TONS of great pre-made masks available on the market, but today we are going to use what's in our stash to create our own masks :)

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Math Homework:

Alright class, here we go! Another FUN day of class for you!
Are you ready? In your seats? Everyone present? Smiles on your faces?

Today let's get our Math on!
I'm going to go a bit easy on you guys today.
Anything math is FAIR game. What I mean is...
you can use ANYTHING as LONG as it has to do with numbers of some sort.
Flash cards, Bingo cards (vintage or current), old school papers, anything! 

Let's get started!

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Class Assignment:
Good morning students!
Are we ready for class?  

Pick up those scrap supplies & let's get going!

You will need the following for this class:

-old music paper (or if you don't have any - something you downloaded from the internet, vintage...whatever, I'm easy)
-paint
-lyrics to your favorite song
-either a single photo in 4x6 or 2 wallet sized photo's that is in reference to your favorite song.
-ruler
-favorite journaling pen

Are we ready to begin? Ok, let's go!

Today I want you to learn how to be comfortable with music. Think and reflect on a song that reminds you of something.
It could be anything. Your life right now, something from the past, a photo, whatever. I'm leaving that part up to you.
We're going to scrapbook using lyrics from that song. You as students are going to fall in love with that favorite song all over again by using the lyrics as your journaling.

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20th century history assignment:
Good Morning Students! Welcome to the 20th Century History challenge. What can I say about the advancement of technology that this timeline, highlighting many (not even close to all) significant accomplishments of our ancestors over a mere 100 years, doesn't prove? For better or worse, it is undeniably impressive. 

1903-The Wright brothers make the first flight at Kitty Hawk 
1903-The first silent movie is shown, it is "The Great Train Robbery". 
1903-The first World Series is held (Boston Americans (w) vs Pittsburg Pirates) 
1904-New York Subway system opens 
1905-Einstein proposes his "Theory of Relativity" 
1909-NAACP is founded 
1912-The Titanic Sinks 
1913-Henry Ford creates the assembly line 
1913-Personal income tax is first required in the U.S. 
1914-The Panama Canal is opened 
1914-World War I begins 
1920-Women earn the right to vote in the U.S. 
1922-Tomb of King Tut discovered 
1922-Insulin discovered 
1924-First Olympic Winter Games (Chamonix, France) 
1927-The first talking movie, "The Jazz Singer" is released 
1928-The first Mickie Mouse cartoon is seen 
1928-Penicillian is invented 
1931-U.S. gets a national anthem 
1932-Scientists split the atom 
1937-The Golden Gate bridge is opened 
1939-World War II begins 
1939-First commercial trans-atlantic flights 
1944-Ballpoint pens are introduced 
1945-The first computer is built 
1945-Microwave oven is invented 
1946-The bikini is revealed 
1947-Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier 
1947-Polaroid cameras are invented 
1948-Big Bang theory introduced 
1950-First organ transplant 
1952-Elizabeth is crowned Queen 
1953-DNA is discovered 
1955-Disneyland opens 
1955-McDonalds corp is founded 
1958-NASA founded 
1964-The Beatles invade America 
1967-First heart transplant 
1967-First Super Bowl (Kansas City Chiefs vs Green Bay Packers(w)) 
1969-Neil Armstrong is the first man on the moon 
1969-Sesame Street begins 
1975-Microsoft Founded 
1979-The Walkman is intorduced 
1981-The PC is introduced by IBM 
1990-Hubble Telescope is launched into space 
1991-The Soviet Union collapses 
1993-The internet takes off 
1997-Scientists clone sheep 

To think that a mere 100 years ago most people had never even ridden in a car is mind boggling, considering at this point in time we are all sitting in different areas of the world, having on online crafting challeng together on our personal computers. Anyway, I really want to use this class to capture a piece of the 20th century for our future generations to get a glimpse of, so that is the crux of my assignment for you! 

YOUR ASSIGNMENT FOR THE WEEK: 
*Please do a LO (size of your choice), which can be single or double paged. 
*Please use a photo, or set of photos, from the 20th Century (the more detailed the better) If you already scrapped all your photos from the 90’s, find an image from the internet that you’d like to document.
*Please highlight the year you are documenting prominently on the piece. 
*Please document who is in the photo and where it was taken (if you know). 

I found an older photo of our first Pit, Bandit.  Photo was from 1995 in our first house, and it was just Mark, myself and Bandit, and boy was she a spoiled little girl.

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Here is my Home Ec assignment:
Alright students, Mrs. Carr here for Home Ec today!! Get your supplies ready because today we will be "cooking up" some creativity  Below is a list of must-have ingredients for today's class. Your assignment is to create a single or double page layout including the following "recipe": 

* fabric 
* ribbon 
* a stick pin or safety pin 
* thread, floss, or twine 

I scrapped the boys at the jump rope for Heart event for School and Heart Awareness Day.  I used a fabric flower with a heart brad,red ribbon on the banner, safety pin attached with another heart brad (upper right corner) and twine to look like a jump rope Michael was swinging.  The boys had so much fun that day.

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Homework assignment #3: So your assignment for today is to create a layout using a back to school or any school related photo. Here are some more ideas

This was probably my favorite event the school did.  They recreated Immigration Day for the kids.  They all dressed as their ancestors did when they came to America.  Pillowcases instead of suitcases.  They had the hallway in the school be the boat, and had the children do learning activities while they waited to enter the great hall (ok the gym) of Clark Mills School, where they went thru processing, answering questions about their heritage as they went from station to station.  After processing they sat and played cards and waited for their loved ones (classmates) to be processed.  As a group they promised to be a good American and then they celebrated with food brought in from their different heritages.  The day was long, but so glad I got to go and see my two participate in this wonderful event. 

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Here is my homework assignment #2:
I was never lucky enough to take wood shop in school, (if you did...I am JEALOUS!) but I love the look of wood grain in both paper and in embellishments. It just adds some warmth, or "cozy" to any LO in my opinion. So this class is all about using wood grain to the MAXIMUM. Here is your assignment for this class: 

*Please do a LO of your size of choice, either single or double paged.
*Please use wood grain cardstock, patterned paper, or both if you have it.
*Please make sure you use as many additional wood grain stickers/borders as you deem appropriate.
*Please use as many real wood embellishments as you deem appropriate. 

photos are of the boys in 2010 first day of camp!

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My silly family...and yep layout photo taken with my cell phone...one day I will figure this phone out.

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My weekly layout challenge.
These are photos from our Sandy Hook trip last September before Sandy struck.  We had perfect weather for our little family outing...

here is the challenge:
ALL ITEMS ARE REQUIRED, EXCEPT THE OPTION ON END!!! Cardstock for base and journaling block (NO WHERE ELSE), 3 patterned papers, pinwheels (may use buttons or brads for center), 1 trim, 3 like embellies, such as 3 buttons or 3 die cuts (pinwheel centers do NOT count), title, & journaling. :OPTIONAL-make this a one page LO

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Amazingly I got this weekly challenge done quickly.  Photos are older, 2010 from when the boys had their 5th grade kickball day.
I used: dotted and stripped patterned paper, hand journalled and did the title by hand too, winged creature, border punch and another punch

Here is the original:

Use dotted or striped paper, border punch and another punch, hadnwritten journaling, ribbon, animal or winged creature. Optional Make this a 2 page layout.

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This was  this weeks FTS challenge.
I used: 1 word title, 2 cardstock, 2 photos, 3 patterned papers (double-sided), 3 flowers, matted photo, ribbon and 6 bling (3 centers for my flowers, and 3 dots like the original has)
Here is the original:

Week 30

Use only these items: 1 word title, 2 cardstock, 2 photos, 3 pattern papers, 3 flowers or other shape, 6 bling, matted/framed photo, ribbon

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My week 30 challenge for a card on FTS.
I used: 3+patterned papers, something metal, stamped sentiment, 2 cardstock colors

here is the original:

week 30

Use only these items: Ribbon, 3+ pattern papers, something metal, Stamped sentiment, 2 cardstock colors

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My FTS week 29 challenge
Photos are of Bryan training with Doc Brown at his gym with wrestling.  Both boys go to Pat for training, but for some reason...Michael didn't want his photo taken this night...have no fear mom will get him. :)

For my challenge elements I used: ink distressing, edge puncher and chipboard and all patterned paper

Original Challenge:

Week 29

Use 1 or more: ink distressing, edge punches. Use 2 or more: chipboard, all pattern paper, White background

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Week 28 - Card for FTS
I used: embossing, die cut flowers and bling

Here is the original:

Use 1 or more: background stamping, embossing. Use 2 or more: ribbon, die cut flowers, bling

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My weekly FTS challenge:
I used distressing (on the edges of the decos, and over the embossed, I only used cardstock and I turned the layout into a 2-page spread

I also utilized a bazzill only swap that was done by Jo-Anne.  It worked out great for the rest of those photos of Michael and playing with my new camera.

Here is the original:

Use 1 or more: Stamping, distressing. Use 2 or more: cardstock only, paper piecing, twine, make it a 2 page layout

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I tripled dipped on this layout...yippee!  My subject is the silliest puppy I have ever seen...she loves to roll around and chase her tail.
First was FTS week 26.
I had to use the sketch (see below for the original).  I used a paper piecing (the dog house) and I stitched (the journal strips have "x" stitches in the ends, with real stitches by hand), Then I used all cardstock, although I did alter each to make it look like patterned paper, I used stickers (the dog bones) and I hand journalled.

Second was my ABC challenge for scrappiestdisneyswaps letter F - faux stitches...where you stitch by poking holes and thread it...which is what I did.

Third was my sytycs week 14 layout (see below for original) and I did all of them. :)

Here are the originals:
FTS:

Week 26

Use 2 or more: Stamping, Stitching, Paper piecing. Use 3 or more: Stickers, Glitter, Hand written journaling, Punched/die cut flowers, all cardstock(no pp)

Colorful Creations:

No sketch this week, but let's combine all those tutorials you have learned!

Make your own patterned papers (no pre-printed papers allowed)

Make your own washi tape

Make your own paste

Make your own pinwheel 

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Here is this week's SYTYCS.  This was a tuff one for me...but I got it done.
here is the original challenge:

You MUST use ALL of the following!

1. Use only PURPLE papers (printed, cardstock, or home made)
2. All embellishments must be BLACK OR WHITE
3. 2 Hand made flowers 
   
4. 2 Different Stamps (your flowers will not count)
5. 2 Hearts
6. 2 Different Ribbons
7. Faux Stitiching (hand drawn)
8. Bling (clear bling will be accepted)
9. Feathers
10. Stay true to sketch (using a 12 x 12  OR 8.5 x 11 double page layout)

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Some really older photos that I found in an envelope that survived our house fire.  These were from my friend Stacy's wedding, in may 1994.  Mom and Dad were invited...and I was a bridesmaid...at least I was able to spend time with Mark as she didn't have us sit at a head table, she sat me with my parents and Mark...much better.

Anyway, the layout was my week 25 FTS challenge:
I used: distressing (both natural (the burned edges of the photos from the fire) and inking), and a paper pieced teddy bear.  I then used: 2 or more die cut images, 5 buttons, bling, 5 patterned papers and no cardstock(everything is a patterned paper (some solid))

Here is the original:

Week #25

Use 2 or more: distressing, misting, paper piecing, stamped journaling. Use 3 or more: NO cardstock, 2 or more die cut image, 5+ buttons, flowers, bling, 5+ patterned papers, twine